If most companies collectively decided to stop using "university degree" to gatekeep access to their jobs, then so many university problems would disappear over

If most companies collectively decided to stop using "university degree" to gatekeep access to their jobs, then so many university problems would disappear overnight. Cheating would plummet. Proportionally more people would be there to learn instead of just going through the motions in order to get the "permission to work" paper. Fewer people would go to university to overall. Fewer people going would mean fewer people starting out life crippled with student debt. Yes, there are probably some jobs where you really want to make sure the person you're hiring mastered some niche skill, like medicine and law. And these roles already have their own standardized testing and certification. We don't need to require a college degree for general office paper pushing jobs.